Herman Melville's Great American Novel, 'Moby-Dick,' Only Got Mixed Reviews When It First Hit Bookstores
Walfang nach neuster Fangmethode (1885) by Jean Bungartz Public domain via Wikimedia Commons November 14, 1851, marked the first day that the American public could purchase Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, the latest novel by the modestly successful author Herman …